Betsey (1801 ship)

As Marquis of Wellington she made a second voyage for the EIC after transporting convicts to New South Wales.

On 10 February 1802 Captain W.W. Bampton (or Brampton) left Calcutta for London with a cargo of rice.

[2] She first appears in Lloyd’s Register in 1814, with owner D. Isbister & Co.[7] Marquis of Wellington made one trip for the EIC in which she transported convicts to New South Wales and then carried a cargo back from China to Portsmouth.

She reached Batavia on 5 September and St Helena on 10 November, before arriving back at Portsmouth on 26 December.

[8] On 21 November 1817, Lloyd's List reported that Marquis of Wellington, Nichols, master, had arrived at Bengal in a damaged state and been taken into dock.

[14] Marquis of Wellington was driven onshore on 4 March 1818 on the Mouse Sand, with the loss of two masts, when she was caught in a gale that also caused difficulties to many other vessels along the coast of England.